Bleachgreen

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bleachgreen, from 27 m² to 16,688 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  Demolition of existing extension to side of existing dwelling, construction of new extension to side of existing dwelling, alterations to façade of existing dwelling and the installation of a new waste water treatment system including all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460147

• 9 Mar 2022Conditional

  development consisting of extension & renovation of existing dwelling house. Decommission existing septic tank and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2289

• 18 Sept 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the extension and reconstruction of existing dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19390

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Unshin River SAC 001898

Recorded monuments

• SL020-201 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope. An oval grass-covered platform (28m N-S; 25m E-W; H 1.5m) with the remains of a low bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m) along the SE arc. An oval area (10m x 5m) has been quarried out of the N edge. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked or raised circular area (diam. c. 18m) within a bleaching green. There is a circular enclosure (SL020-202----) c. 150m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL020-202 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at the top of the N-facing slope of Camp Hill. A circular grass-covered platform (diam. 19.5m; H 2m at N) with a slight trace of a bank along the N arc. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) within a bleaching green. A rath (SL020-201----) lies c. 150m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL020-272 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  On the W bank of the Owenmore River and immediately W of Collooney. A mill is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map on the W bank of the river and next to 'a fall' and on the opposite side of the river to a church (SL020-203001-). There is a substantial bleach mill complex still standing on or near this site. This is probably the mill which according to McGarry (1980, 38) was built in 1797 by a Mr Jackson and was later sold to Alexander Sim who built a flour and corn mill on the opposite bank of the river. Most of the flour and corn mill has been demolished though the remains of wheel-pits and arched head and tailraces are evident. Two mills, one each side of the river, are marked here on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, a third, in Bleachgreen, lies c. 200m to N and is set back from the river. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span stone railway-over-road bridge, built c. 1860. Squared-and-snecked rock-faced ashlar limestone walling returning as battered abutments to east and west sides. Round-headed archway, rock-faced voussoirs, tooled ashlar soffit. Two horizontal steel rails form balustrade in lieu of parapet. Carries railway line between Collooney and Sligo. Road with footpath to south passes under.

• Camphill House, house, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey stone house, built 1796. Rectangular on plan facing south-west with flat-roofed octagonal turret to corner to east. Hipped slate roof, lead-capped ridges and hips, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks on north-west and south-east walls, lead-lined painted moulded timber gutters on timber brackets. Painted smooth-rendered walling to front elevation, uncoursed squared rubble limestone walling to other elevations. Square-headed window openings with moulded architraves to ground floor front elevation openings, plain stone surrounds to window openings in other elevations, stone sills with corbels to ground floor front elevation openings, painted two-over-two inward-opening timber casement windows to ground floor front elevation, two-over-two sash windows to first floor, four-over-four to second floor each with thick central mullion echoing meeting styles on ground floor casements. Painted timber panelled window shutters incorporating circular moulding motif at ground floor. Round-headed doorway to centre of main elevation, unpainted moulded render surround, stone plinth blocks, cobweb fanlight, painted timber moulded transom, painted timber door with five raised-and-fielded panels. Set in grounds bounded by high rubble stone wall, landscaped gardens to south, main house approached by long driveway from south, original rendered farmhouse c. 1700 located to north of main house, various outbuildings around yard including red and yellow brick hen house c. 1880, rendered stables and cow-shed c. 1836.

• Camphill Woollen Mills, mill (tread), 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multi-bay two-storey rendered former mill building, built c. 1800, now in use as a parochial hall. L-plan, flat-roofed single-storey extension to south c. 1960, single-storey lean-to shed to north. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted smooth-rendered walling over plinth to ground floor, smooth-rendered string course at first floor level with painted roughcast walling to first floor. Square-headed window openings c. 1960, painted masonry sills, painted timber four-pane paired casement windows. Round-headed door opening, smooth-rendered surround, plinth blocks, crudely spooked fanlight, hardwood vertically-sheeted double doors. Extension joins original building at first floor, spans carriage opening at ground floor giving to mill race, painted sheet-metal gates. Free standing single-bay single-storey boiler house to north-west, pitched corrugated-iron roof, painted brick walling on rubble stone plinth. Free-standing square tapering brick chimney to north-west, approximately eleven meters high, dressed stone corbelled cap. Rubble stone boundary wall to north, gravel forecourt, raised gravel car park to south with painted smooth-rendered wall at change of levels.

• Collooney Railway Station, railway station, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey stone railway station, built c. 1890. Single-storey lean-to extension to west, single-storey waiting room to north. Hipped slate roof, clay hip and ridge tiles, three smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks above west wall, cast-iron half-round gutters on painted timber projecting fascia. Squared-and-snecked rock-faced ashlar limestone walling, tooled quoins. Square-headed window openings, ashlar block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1980, uPVC casement windows to lean-to c. 2000. Square-headed door opening, painted moulded stone surround, painted timber door with nine raised-and-fielded panels c. 1980, semi-circular painted timber canopy on moulded brackets over entrance, oculus with painted moulded surround in tympanum. Railway platform to east, long approach driveway from north with battered coursed squared rock-faced ashlar limestone retaining wall with crenellated coping. Engine shed to south.

• Collooney Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey stone engine shed, built c. 1900. Overhanging full-length cantilevered canopy to west elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted timber projecting eaves with exposed rafter ends, painted timber projecting barges on profiled purling ends. Coursed rubble limestone walling, tooled limestone quoins. Round-headed window opening to north gable, yellow brick surround, stone sill, painted timber multi-pane casement window. Three circular window openings to east elevation, yellow brick surrounds, painted cast-iron multi-pane casements. Square-headed window opening to west elevation, painted brick dressings, painted stone sill, painted two-over-two timber sash window, wrought-iron bars. Square-headed carriage openings offset to east of north and south elevations, timber lintels, yellow brick relieving arches, openings sheeted over. Segmental-headed carriage opening to west elevation, painted stone reveals, painted brick arch, painted timber vertically-sheeted sliding double doors. Located to west of railway track, south of station.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Bleachgreen, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1070 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Bleachgreen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Bleachgreen · An Tuairín

Area

247,508 m² (24.75 ha, 61.16 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysadare, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Ballysadare East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,387 people lived in 568 households in the Ballysadare East electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardcotten, Carricknagat, Collooney, Lugnamackan, Rinn

Placenames

Bleachgreen on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.